We’re still learning how many technologies we can fit into a pair of glasses. Well, Meta wants to find the limit, as the company just added some new features to its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
What are the Meta smart glasses? Meta thought that the future was too cool to wait for, so the company decided to bring it to us. The Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses are a pair of glasses that can perform several smart functions. They have a camera that you can use to take pictures, record videos, and livestream. That’s not all, as you can use them to listen to music and take phone calls.
What really makes these glasses stick out are the AI features. The aforementioned camera can be used to observe the world. You can use the onboard microphone to contact Meta AI and ask it questions about what the camera sees. This puts powerful AI right at your fingertips. They typically range between $299 and $375 with several models costing $329.
Meta introduced some new features to its Ray-Ban smart glasses
These glasses just picked up three new features that enhance the overall experience. Firstly, there’s direct integration with Shazam. If you want to hear some music, just ask the glasses to play something for you. It will tap the service and stream music directly. It’s a nifty feature to have if you don’t want to take out your phone to search for a song.
Next up, we have some AI features. Firstly, there’s Live AI. This goes along with most companies’ goal of crafting a true AI assistant. Live AI is similar to Gemini Live in that you’ll be able to naturally converse with the AI. It will utilize the camera as input. Say, you’re at a museum, and you have the camera pointed at a painting, you can ask it questions about the painting, have a conversation about it, and brainstorm of art that you can make.
Meta says that you can use this feature for about 30 minutes on a single charge. Since you’re supposed to be able to use these glasses on a single charge, it looks like Live AI is quite the battery drain.
Lastly, there’s Live Translate. This one’s axiomatic; it will translate speech for you in real-time. If someone is talking to you in Spanish, Italian, or French, then you’ll hear a translated voice in your ear. This can be extremely useful if you’re in another country, and you don’t want to bother with a dictionary.
The Shazam integration is available now in the U.S. and Canada. However, you can only use the last two features if you’ve enrolled in the Meta early access program.
